Technology & computer science
Bug Hunt: Debugging Printed Code
Students read six short Python-style programs, match each to a type of bug, and write a corrected line.
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Science
Deep Time: Scaling Earth’s History and Reading Rock Layers
Students shrink 4.6 billion years onto a 46-meter rope to see how recent humans are, then use a sample rock column to order layers and a fault by relative age.
Career & technical ed.
Fabric and Sewing Vocabulary: Read, Sort, Measure
Students read a short passage on fibers and fabric, fill in key sewing terms, sort fibers by source, and solve three yardage and seam problems.
Technology & computer science
Following the Flow: Reading and Designing Flowcharts
Students trace two flowcharts written as numbered boxes, predict outputs for different inputs, and plan a flowchart of their own.
English language arts
How Bats Find Their Way in the Dark: Main Idea and Cause and Effect
Students read an original science article about echolocation and answer questions on main idea, evidence and cause and effect.
Science
Inside the Atom: Protons, Neutrons and the Periodic Table
Students use a short reading and provided data to fill in proton, neutron and electron counts for six elements and learn how the periodic table is organized.
Technology & computer science
Is This Source Reliable? Judge Three Sample Websites
Students compare written descriptions of three fictional websites using author, evidence, date and purpose, and decide which are reliable.
Science
Periodic Trends: Reading Ionization Energy Data
Students analyze first ionization energy data for periods 2 and 3 and group 1, describe the trends, spot the exceptions and make predictions.
Science
Plant Cells vs. Animal Cells: Read and Compare
Students read a short passage, complete a plant-versus-animal cell comparison table, and answer four multiple-choice and two short-answer questions.
Career & technical ed.
Reading a Nutrition Facts Label: Do the Math
Students use a made-up nutrition label to multiply by servings, calculate calories from fat and percent daily value, and compare cost per bar.
Technology & computer science
Reading a Web Page: HTML Tags on Paper
Students read a short HTML page, match tags to their jobs, sketch what a browser would show, find mistakes in sample code and write simple tags of their own.
Science
Reading Motion Data: Velocity-Time and Position-Time Tables
Students read two data tables for a moving object, find acceleration from slopes, find distance from areas, and sketch the graph.